Dell Latitude D830 Laptop Review

My company recently upgraded all it's employees to new Dell PCs. I recieved a D830 laptop.

Initially I was very happy, the new PC was very fast and useful; However that soon passed.

Merely 1-2 weeks after revieving the laptop, my hard drive would constantly fail to post (load system). I discovered that this only happened when the system was cold (if I'd brought it home in my car). The solution was to let it reach room temperature before starting it. (totally unacceptable). Even after it was warm, the drive would still click away, likely a damaged head.

Furthermore, my network connections (exchange server, VPN, etc...) have been terrible. My old PC was able to hold network connections like a champ, but this new one drops them all the time. (this may be partially our tech guys)

Several of my co-workers have had similar issues, along with crappy ram (blue screens).

This laptop is a gamble, 6 out of 8 people on my team had major issues with this laptop, pretty crappy odds. :(